I'm late with the drawing - congrats to Inge! I will be sending you the new stamps this week. Inge was the first to leave a comment for the drawing and she is a warm and generous soul who I have gotten to know because of these crusades. An international friendship can begin with a blog comment and evolve off site to emails and exchanges. I am so grateful for this little place we meet on the net! *more confetti*

It's almost unanimous....stencils get bumped to next month. I'm thrilled that they will get their own focus and we'll all devote time to trying it for the first time or sharing what you've already done so we can get motivated and be inspired. I should have thought of having a Part 2 in the first place. Duh. Keep the stamps coming in...and the encouraging comments. Once again we have made new friends so be sure to welcome them.

We're having company for Easter so I'm on a cleaning binge but will be back soon with the stencil tutorial. I have a few more photos to take and don't need to rush so much now. As always, thanks for playing. It's been a great crusade so far...nearly two weeks left so plenty of time to show us what you got!

We are nearly at 100 links! I think I'll celebrate by going to see YOU-KNOW-WHO!

I'll be the dreamy-eyed 40-something fangirl floating up the steps to my seat in spite of breaking my pinky toe yesterday. Graham and I are taking all three kids and a friend. Send positive vibes our way that Sam lasts through both HIM and MCR.

Keep the music links coming....let's break 100 this month! We SO ROCK!

I'm caught up on posting links ~ and we are over 80! We broke last month's all-time high for participation. I love knowing you are all fans of music and are eager to share that side of yourselves. It's been a challenge to choose a tune and to learn how to get it on your site so high five to everyone! I'm heading out of town again but will resume posting links when I return. Keep Making Noise! You have another week and half. DUE DATE: September 1st.

(I keep changing my players....trying to find a copy of Kiss of Dawn that doesn't have the weird slowing down thing that isn't supposed to be there. And I removed autoplay from my sidebar playlist for now.....you can always hit PLAY when you need your HIM fix)

It's been so much fun popping over to all the links. Lots of new tunes, some old faves, and best of all - you are sharing another side of yourself through music. Loving THAT. Keep it coming!

Just a quick word about my schedule....I'm heading out of town unexpectedly until Sunday. We have bumped our vacation to Marineland until next week so I will be in and out for a while and will not be posting links on a daily basis. I'll get caught up in between trips and then I will be here the last few days of the crusade and will catch up on all links left in the comments. Don't let my absence stop you from Making Some Noise!

It's a record for the Street Team - we've hit 60! Sixty links to Mail Art! Could it get any funner? I LOVE that this crusade has connected so many of us. High fives to all you generous players. And in the words of V.V., Thank you Sweethearts.

NO....not another tattoo thread. I'm talking about Stampington's newest publication Artful Blogging. Talk about being on the cutting edge! This magazine totally rocks. It's a thick one, like Somerset Life was. It's packed with terrific visuals and wonderful stories about being a blogger. I had been to many of the sites before, not all of them - but having it in print, in my hands, is way cool. Really, you need this....so look for it August 1st, or order at Stampington. It's a keeper!

I'm proud to say the Street Team was featured in this debut issue!!! Staci interviewed me and printed comments by fellow teamers Deryn Mentock, Tina Shoaga, and Audrey Hernandez. They also featured artwork by Deryn and Penny Stuart....Pen's even ON THE COVER!!! Whoop whoop whoop! Got get a copy, you'll LOVE IT! Oh! Can't forget to say that there are other "challenge blogs" featured, namely Wednesday Stamper, hosted by our own teamers Belinda Schneider and Tina Shoaga. Way to go girls!

And how about THIS little tidbit of news.....the first blog on my list to visit from the magazine was Susanna's Sketchbook. I was drawn in by her photography and read she lives here in NJ so I wrote her. CAN YOU STAND IT? We live in the same town! No, really, we do. Say it with me......HOW COOL IS THAT? What are the odds. I MEAN, WHAT ARE THE ODDS?

Keep spreading the love with your mail art and send in your links. SOME GREAT STUFF has already been posted on the left, and THAT means there is awesome mail art being delivered RIGHT NOW! Maybe you'll be getting something in YOUR mailbox. Let's keep it going.....mail art breeds more mail art, whether it's your own addiction or the trickle-down-effect of getting cool mail leading to sending of cool mail and so on and so on.